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This article describes the consensus content, [[Judgepedia:Naming conventions|naming]], [[Judgepedia:Style guidelines|style]], [[Help:Categories|categorization]] and [[
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This article describes the consensus content, [[Judgepedia:Naming conventions|naming]], [[Judgepedia:Style guidelines|style]], [[Help:Categories|categorization]] and [[
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* [[State Supreme Court justices|State supreme court justices]] and
* [[State Supreme Court justices|State supreme court justices]] and
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==Content==
==Content==
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===Introduction===
===Introduction===
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This gives the reader an 3-5 sentence executive summary of the judge in a crisp, encyclopedic tone.
This should include the name of the position and court in which the judge currently serves, how he or she came to be in that position (election? appointment?), and how long his or her current term will be. If the judge is currently involved in an election campaign, retention campaign or some very notable public event or controversy, this should be mentioned in the article's introduction.
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This gives the reader an 3-5 sentence executive summary of the judge in a crisp, encyclopedic tone. This should include the name of the position and court in which the judge currently serves, how he or she came to be in that position (election? appointment?), and how long his or her current term will be. If the judge is currently involved in an election campaign, retention campaign or some very notable public event or controversy, this should be mentioned in the article's introduction.
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* The article should start with the name of the justice/judge in '''bold'''.
The name should include his or her middle initial and add-ons such as "III" or "Jr."
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* The article should start with the name of the justice/judge in '''bold'''. The name should include his or her middle initial and add-ons such as "III" or "Jr."
:: Example: '''Bill T. Edwards, Jr'''.
:: Example: '''Bill T. Edwards, Jr'''.
* The introduction should indicate when the judge/justice first joined the court, and how the justice/judge got there (appointed? by whom? when? elected? on a party ticket?).
* The introduction should indicate when the judge/justice first joined the court, and how the justice/judge got there (appointed? by whom? when? elected? on a party ticket?).
* The introduction should indicate when the justice/judge's current term expires.
* The introduction should indicate when the justice/judge's current term expires.
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:: Examples: "His current eight-year term expires in 2014, when he will face a [[retention election]]."
or "His current ten-year term expires in 2014; if he seeks a new term, it will be through a [[non-partisan election of judges|non-partisan election]]."
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:: Examples: "His current eight-year term expires in 2014, when he will face a [[retention election]]." or "His current ten-year term expires in 2014; if he seeks a new term, it will be through a [[non-partisan election of judges|non-partisan election]]."
* The introduction should note any public events or controversy that the judge/justice may be a part of.
* The introduction should note any public events or controversy that the judge/justice may be a part of.
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Some pointers:
Some pointers:
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* It is detrimental to the quality of an article to list every endorsement a judge or justice receives when running for election.
Use your best judgment, but it is appropriate to list at most 5-10 of the most important endorsements, and then link to the judge's campaign website to obtain a full list of endorsements.
Alternatively, it is possible to create a page called, for example, "Judge Jones endorsements" and link to this page from the main article on Judge Jones.
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* It is detrimental to the quality of an article to list every endorsement a judge or justice receives when running for election. Use your best judgment, but it is appropriate to list at most 5-10 of the most important endorsements, and then link to the judge's campaign website to obtain a full list of endorsements. Alternatively, it is possible to create a page called, for example, "Judge Jones endorsements" and link to this page from the main article on Judge Jones.
===External links===
===External links===
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* A judges' personal website.
* A judges' personal website.
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* Is there a campaign website for the judge?
This should be linked in the external links section.
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* Is there a campaign website for the judge? This should be linked in the external links section.
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* Is there an article about the judge on Vote Smart?
This should be linked in the external links section.
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* Is there an article about the judge on Vote Smart? This should be linked in the external links section.
===References===
===References===
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* The "External links" section of the article is getting long and cluttered.
* The "External links" section of the article is getting long and cluttered.
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In that case, it is helpful to create an "Additional reading" section after the "References" section of the article.
The "Additional reading" section is similar in appearance to the "External links" section but the links it contains tend to be more newsy. By creating such a section, or by adding links to it if there already is one, you're accomplishing two goals:
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In that case, it is helpful to create an "Additional reading" section after the "References" section of the article. The "Additional reading" section is similar in appearance to the "External links" section but the links it contains tend to be more newsy. By creating such a section, or by adding links to it if there already is one, you're accomplishing two goals:
* You're adding a link that you can easily find again that is relevant to the justice/judge when you do have time to incorporate the gist of the link into the main article.
* You're adding a link that you can easily find again that is relevant to the justice/judge when you do have time to incorporate the gist of the link into the main article.
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: ''Main article: [[Judgepedia:Naming conventions]].''
: ''Main article: [[Judgepedia:Naming conventions]].''
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The title of the article should be the judge's proper name.
Thus, an article about William Giovan of the [[Michigan]] Third Circuit Court isn't called "Bill Giovan" or "Judge Giovan" but instead is [[William Giovan]].
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The title of the article should be the judge's proper name. Thus, an article about William Giovan of the [[Michigan]] Third Circuit Court isn't called "Bill Giovan" or "Judge Giovan" but instead is [[William Giovan]].
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Some judges are referred to with their middle initial or with a "Jr." or "Sr.".
In this case, the title of the article should generally not include the middle initial or any other prefixes or suffixes.
These can and should, however, appear in the first sentence of the article. In the infrequent cases where judges share a first and last name, middle initials should be used to distinguish between the two.
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Some judges are referred to with their middle initial or with a "Jr." or "Sr.". In this case, the title of the article should generally not include the middle initial or any other prefixes or suffixes. These can and should, however, appear in the first sentence of the article. In the infrequent cases where judges share a first and last name, middle initials should be used to distinguish between the two.
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If you are wondering whether an article on Judgepedia already exists about the judge you plan to write about, the best way to look using the Judgepedia search box is to enter just the judge or justice's last name.
That increases the odds that you will find any relevant articles before you possibly re-create the wheel.
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If you are wondering whether an article on Judgepedia already exists about the judge you plan to write about, the best way to look using the Judgepedia search box is to enter just the judge or justice's last name. That increases the odds that you will find any relevant articles before you possibly re-create the wheel.
==Style guidelines==
==Style guidelines==
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===Subsections===
===Subsections===
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* Subsection titles should not capitalize words after the first word, unless the subsequent words are proper nouns.
For example, it should be "External links", not "External links".
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* Subsection titles should not capitalize words after the first word, unless the subsequent words are proper nouns. For example, it should be "External links", not "External links".
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* If there is a "See also" section, it should be "See also" (not "See Also") and it generally should not include JP articles that are already [[Help:Links#Internal links (wiki-links)|wiki-linked]] earlier in the article.
The "See also" section would, for example, generally not include links like these...
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* If there is a "See also" section, it should be "See also" (not "See Also") and it generally should not include JP articles that are already [[Help:Links#Internal links (wiki-links)|wiki-linked]] earlier in the article. The "See also" section would, for example, generally not include links like these...
* [[Utah Supreme Court]]
* [[Utah Supreme Court]]
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===Biographies===
===Biographies===
* If there is an official biography of the judge/justice on the supreme court's website or elsewhere, this citation should be included as an external link...not as a reference footnote.
* If there is an official biography of the judge/justice on the supreme court's website or elsewhere, this citation should be included as an external link...not as a reference footnote.
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* Official biographies in external links should be described as "Biography of Mary Jones", not as "Jones bio", and the source of the biography should be described, so readers know the origin, reliability and relevance of the link before clicking on it.
Here's an example:
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* Official biographies in external links should be described as "Biography of Mary Jones", not as "Jones bio", and the source of the biography should be described, so readers know the origin, reliability and relevance of the link before clicking on it. Here's an example:
*[http://www.courts.state.pa.us/Index/supreme/Castille.asp Biography of Ronald Castille], provided by the [[Pennsylvania Supreme Court]]
*[http://www.courts.state.pa.us/Index/supreme/Castille.asp Biography of Ronald Castille], provided by the [[Pennsylvania Supreme Court]]
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The rule of thumb for categories is never to use capitol letters, other than for proper names. The reason for this is that <nowiki>[[category:Nevada Supreme Court]] and [[category:Nevada supreme court]]</nowiki> do '''not''' lead to the same page. Keeping all words in lowercase helps eliminate duplication of effort. Note that the first word of a category will appear as capitalized regardless of how it is typed.
The rule of thumb for categories is never to use capitol letters, other than for proper names. The reason for this is that <nowiki>[[category:Nevada Supreme Court]] and [[category:Nevada supreme court]]</nowiki> do '''not''' lead to the same page. Keeping all words in lowercase helps eliminate duplication of effort. Note that the first word of a category will appear as capitalized regardless of how it is typed.
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The standard format for categorizing an article about a state supreme court justice is:
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'''Note:'''
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* [[:Category:Justices of the New Mexico Supreme Court]]
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* [[:Category:Justices of the Utah Supreme Court]]
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'''Note:'''
You should '''
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More broadly speaking, don't
put an article in a category that is a parent category of one of the categories that the article is in.
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==Templates==
==Templates==
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A series of templates are being created for state appellate courts.
Graphically speaking, there are "vertical templates" and "horizontal navigational templates".
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A series of templates are being created for state appellate courts. Graphically speaking, there are "vertical templates" and "horizontal navigational templates".
The vertical templates for the state supreme courts are collected here:
The vertical templates for the state supreme courts are collected here:
{{State supreme court templates}}
{{State supreme court templates}}
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{{Utah Supreme Court}}
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'''See:'''
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* [[Judgepedia:Horizontal navigational templates|Horizontal navigational templates]] to figure out whether some relevant horizontal navigational templates already exist for the article you're working on.
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* If you create a horizontal
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Horizontal navigational templates|this article]] and to the main index page for the state to increase the odds that someone else working on the same area in Judgepedia will discover and use the template.
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'''See the Utah Supreme Court
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* See [[Maine]] for an example.
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{{Utah Supreme Court}}
The horizontal templates are placed at the end of the article in a section called "Navigation".
The horizontal templates are placed at the end of the article in a section called "Navigation".